HarryWeezer Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted November 6, 2014 So the toilet overflowed in a half bath this AM and clearly the line leading from the toilet to the stack was plugged. I've never called a repairman for anything; always did my own work. But I didn't want to screw with this. And, we had a problem in another bathroom with odor due to the wax seal failing. Reason for that was because when I tiled the floor, I didn't replace the flange and it was slightly below floor level. So I called the plumber. He had to roto root the line off the one toilet and replace the seals in both. $985 for two hours work. Even my freakin' doctor doesn't make $500 an hour. BUDMAN, eidolonFIRE, Leadfinger and 4 others 7 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted November 6, 2014 Won't be doing that again will you?
Blackbart Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted November 6, 2014 Several years ago I had a similar experience...When the plumber quoted me a price to do the work I nearly fainted...I hung up the phone and went to Harbor Freights and bought a power sewer auger for under $300...Stopped by Lowe,s and bought an extra thick wax ring for around $4.00 and did the repairs myself...I will pay a fair wage to have work done but I will not be raped... :) eidolonFIRE, TBB, BUDMAN and 2 others 5 Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 8, 2024 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Posted November 6, 2014 Look at all y'all with your fancy "Indoor Plumbing"...In Tennessee when the out house fills up we just dig another hole.... jn eidolonFIRE, TBB, LtLaszlo and 2 others 5
HarryWeezer Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Author Posted November 6, 2014 Several years ago I had a similar experience...When the plumber quoted me a price to do the work I nearly fainted...I hung up the phone and went to Harbor Freights and bought a power sewer auger for under $300...Stopped by Lowe,s and bought an extra thick wax ring for around $4.00 and did the repairs myself...I will pay a fair wage to have work done but I will not be raped... :) Yupper, use of the power auger which took him maybe 20 minutes, was billed at $450, and I was standing there thinking I could buy the damned thing for less than that and charge people half as much to use it. I didn't know that plumbers now operate like auto repair companies: they consult a book that tells them what to charge for everything. If I need one again, I'll ask him to stop by on his day off and I'll pay him $100 an hour, while I buy any parts. Blackbart 1 Awards
HarryWeezer Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Author Posted November 6, 2014 Look at all y'all with your fancy "Indoor Plumbing"...In Tennessee when the out house fills up we just dig another hole.... jn I'm IN Tennessee Johnnie. L!ckALotAPus and Leadfinger 2 Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted November 6, 2014 me and ICEMAN are in east TN (Morristown area)
7Toes Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted November 6, 2014 TBB 1 Awards
TBB Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20472 Content Per Day: 3.66 Reputation: 22504 Achievement Points: 147859 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 393 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted November 6, 2014 Looks like you got shit on no matter what you did. BUDMAN 1 Awards
little_old_man Posted November 6, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) Yep, plumbers and electricians are just about the highest paid trades. It pays big time to know how to do a lot of that yourself. I replaced my 3 crappers last year as well as new wax rings. It's a good idea to replace those damn rings every few years just to avoid replacing a bathroom sub-floor. Edited November 6, 2014 by little_old_man Awards
Hemps Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 1482 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 37 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2018 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 1440 Achievement Points: 15303 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/05/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 3, 2024 Birthday: 07/13/1967 Device: Windows Posted November 7, 2014 just like in anything there are always companies that charge way to much for services, 985 dollars for 2 hours for rodding a line and replacing 2 wax rings is highway robbery!!! it should be more like $140-$160 for the 1st hour and $85-$100 for ever hour after, at least that's around what my boss charges. should of not cost more then $300 max! lot of times since service calls are a "emergency" there never really time to call around for prices, which one should make time to do to make sure you don't get ripped off! sorry to hear that they did that to you, them thieves give us honest plumbers a bad name!!! Awards
Bosun Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 1445 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 737 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 1387 Achievement Points: 5675 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1963 Device: Windows Posted November 7, 2014 Recently Mrs Bosun and I were half way through a 5400 km trip and hit a kangaroo which rearranged the front of my Ford, and damaged the mounts for the anti-sway bar. We rumbled noisily into the nearest town of any size and went to the only Ford dealer within 100s of km. A captive customer, obviously not a local. I braced myself for a real reaming. Of course, they didn't have the spare parts we needed. However they sent the apprentice down to the local wreckers to get a couple of brackets from one of the wrecks down there. Within an hour the problem had been fixed. I braced myself for the bill...it was $66. ($16 for parts and $50 for labor). So from time to time there are some good experiences. BUDMAN and eidolonFIRE 2 Awards
HarryWeezer Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Author Posted November 7, 2014 me and ICEMAN are in east TN (Morristown area) Then you know where Kingsport is. Awards
HarryWeezer Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Author Posted November 7, 2014 Would you have blueprints for that? Awards
spinpuppy Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 3682 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 58 Topic Count: 178 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1834 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 1747 Achievement Points: 14794 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/27/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 1 Birthday: 01/12/1960 Device: Android Posted November 7, 2014 Lowes??? Really?? JohnnyDos 1 Awards
Leadfinger Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted November 7, 2014 Then you know where Kingsport is. me and ICEMAN are in east TN (Morristown area) My gram-pa used to live in Newport TN until he passed away a few years ago. I used to spend some summers there getting in trouble and hiking in the woods . . .good times Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted November 7, 2014 Recently Mrs Bosun and I were half way through a 5400 km trip and hit a kangaroo which rearranged the front of my Ford, and damaged the mounts for the anti-sway bar. We rumbled noisily into the nearest town of any size and went to the only Ford dealer within 100s of km. A captive customer, obviously not a local. I braced myself for a real reaming. Of course, they didn't have the spare parts we needed. However they sent the apprentice down to the local wreckers to get a couple of brackets from one of the wrecks down there. Within an hour the problem had been fixed. I braced myself for the bill...it was $66. ($16 for parts and $50 for labor). So from time to time there are some good experiences. if you go to a dealership in the states... you get $100 on your bill for a "convenience charge". Now THAT is highway robbery.
LandShark Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 698 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1145 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 782 Achievement Points: 7232 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 15, 2024 Device: Windows Posted November 7, 2014 Eat less Cheese, Harry. Awards
L!ckALotAPus Posted November 7, 2014 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted November 7, 2014 my aunt and uncle live there off lynn garden drive!
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